Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)

"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)"
Single by The Impalas
from the album Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
B-side"Fool, Fool, Fool"
ReleasedJanuary 1959 (1959-01)
GenreDoo-wop[1]
Length2:33
LabelCub
Songwriter(s)Artie Zwirn, Harry Giosasi
Producer(s)LeRoy Holmes
The Impalas singles chronology
"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)"
(1959) 		"Oh, What a Fool"
(1959)

"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" is a song written by Artie Zwirn and Harry Giosasi and produced and arranged by LeRoy Holmes. The single was performed by New York-based doo-wop group The Impalas. It reached #2 on the U.S. pop chart, behind both The Happy Organ by Dave "Baby" Cortez and Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison.[2] It also went to #14 on the U.S. R&B chart. Overseas, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" went to #28 on the UK Singles Chart in 1959.[3] The song was featured on The Impalas' 1959 album, Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home).[4]

The song ranked #24 on Billboard's Year-End top 100 singles of 1959.[5]

  1. ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 341. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
  2. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ^ "The Impalas, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" Chart Positions". Musicvf.com. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Impalas, Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)". Discogs.com. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1959". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2018.